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Best Team to Own Players to Minimize Games Played Conflicts:
1. Anaheim. Plays mostly a M/W/F schedule + some Sunday games.
2. Calgary. Plays mostly a M/W/F schedule + some Sunday games.
3. Chicago. Plays several Sunday games, good for H2H end-match line-ups.
4. Colorado. Several M/W matches.
5. Detroit. Several Friday & Sunday games.
*NOTE: Unsurprisingly, due to the intra-conference schedule, all 5 of these chosen "best" teams are in the Western Conference.

Worst Teams to Own Players, play consistently on the most popular nights: Tue/Thurs/Sat.
1. Toronto. A very consistent M/Tu/Th/Sat schedule with ZERO Sunday games. Yuck.
2. Montreal. A bit similar, but at least they have (4) Sunday games.
3. Florida. A very regular Tu/Th/Sat/Sun schedule. Barely any games on W/F.
4. Carolina. Mostly Tu/Th/Sat/Sun schedule. Barely any games on W/F.
5. Winnipeg? Does the intra-conference only (East Cost) travel get to them?
*NOTE: Unsurprisingly, due to the intra-conference schedule, all 5 of these chosen "worst" teams are in the Eastern Conference.

Some thoughts:
i) Opinions are divided on whether goalies will play more or less.
(PRO-MORE: Games are more important. PRO-LESS: More back-to-back games than normal. For example, Detroit plays 24 of 48 games in back-to-back nights).
ii) With that in mind, and the scheduling - I think West Coast goalies may be better to own this year for a few reasons:
*1) Seems like there is less offensive skater talent in the West.
*2) Later start times give many of us a better opportunity to "check the listed starting G".
*3) Less game conflicts.

Hope this was helpful to everybody.
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I agree that this tool is one of the most valuable things I use every year in my fantasy leagues. Tremendous time saver, avoids my frequent mistakes in plugging things in myself - really RJ you are a hero to me.

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